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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><div>Dear colleagues,<br><div dir="ltr"><br>Although this question is not directly related to bone working, I thought that perhaps you could give me a hand with this. <br><br>I have analysed a Spanish 14th c. bone assemblage with a remarkable proportion of caprine horncores (both sheep and goat) but very few other elements. Contextual information also suggests that the deposit where they were found was probably refuse coming from a workshop producing metallic tools. I believe that these horncores are therefore related to horn working for producing handles for knifes and other tools. <br><br>The biometrical analysis suggest that most of the sheep horncores belong to males and that most of the goat horncores belong to females. Does anybody know if there is any practical reason why the horn worker would choose one sex over the other? For example, I imagine that you can get more horn material from male
sheep than from the females as the horns of rams are bigger. Also, is there any relationship between the sex and species used with the objects produced with horn? For example, perhaps goat horns are better for producing knive handles as they're more straight than the male sheep ones. <br><br>Finally, any bibliographic references on horn-working (especially ethnographic) are very welcome. <br><br>Thank you and best regards,<br>Idoia<br><br><font style="font-size:10pt;" size="2"><strong></strong></font>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">Idoia Grau Sologestoa</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">Postdoctoral
Fellowship funded by the Basque Government</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">University of Sheffield - Department of Archaeology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">University of the Basque Country - Departamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y
Arqueología</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br>
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<a href="https://sheffield.academia.edu/IdoiaGrauSologestoa" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">https://sheffield.academia.edu/IdoiaGrauSologestoa</span></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Idoia_Sologestoa" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Idoia_Sologestoa</span></a></span></p>
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